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yeah, I felt the same!
Putting into very basic terms, in both you are the boss of this strange Metroidvania setting where the staff has been possessed by some higher power, and you are trying to get all the systems of the place in order, navigating through interconnected area. And the atmosphere is kinda similar too
Of course, they are also VERY different, but in the first few hours I'm loving Control for similar reasons of why I loved the beginning of Prey as well
Man, they nailed the cutscenes. Finally some good ones, its been a while. Really good game so far, didnt expect that at all after QB (which i had big technical problems with). This time everything seems polished to the end.
Played a couple of hours and here's some thoughts so far:
The game has a pretty rough first impression when it comes to gameplay, without your powers and that first boss is just annoying, I just hid behind two pillars and kept shooting at the guy. Took me a bunch of frustrating tries, it's really weird you popout of crouch the moment you shoot but don't crouch down automatically.
Acting and characters are pretty great so far, only met Emily and the Janitor so far.
This is clearly designed for controller because the keyboard controls don't much sense, controller made the game way more fun for me.
The notes and reports you find are pretty great, love those office notes.
Everyone's head is about 20% a bit too big for some reason. The Janitor especially looks so weird with his huge head and tiny arms but huge hands.
The game has a pretty rough first impression when it comes to gameplay, without your powers and that first boss is just annoying, I just hid behind two pillars and kept shooting at the guy. Took me a bunch of frustrating tries, it's really weird you popout of crouch the moment you shoot but don't crouch down automatically.
Acting and characters are pretty great so far, only met Emily and the Janitor so far.
This is clearly designed for controller because the keyboard controls don't much sense, controller made the game way more fun for me.
The notes and reports you find are pretty great, love those office notes.
Everyone's head is about 20% a bit too big for some reason. The Janitor especially looks so weird with his huge head and tiny arms but huge hands.
Nope. I think the base difficulty is pretty challenging though. You can lessen the effect through gear, upgrades, skills, etc. to adjust things how you'd like.
So the people who said this game is short aka 6-8hours can just go away. Game is filled eith sidequests, collectables all over the place and optional bosses. The amount of complaining about how this is not worth 60usd in the previous threads were baffling. Dont listen to youtubers people they dont take their time with games.
I'm up to a mission called Threshold. I feel like I'm about halfway through, what would those who have got this far/finished the game say? Am I around half way? How much longer of the game do I have?
Mission Spoilers: It's the one where you have to get more black prisms.
This is the game on medium?
Damn the particle effects are insane.
I hope a 1070 can push this on high 1080p
For some reason I too did not expect this to be a full priced game. I was somehow under the impression that this was more like a mid-budget, smaller game, and would be priced less. Guess I was wrong. Gamespot review says it takes 15h to finish the game.
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This just sold me on the game. I loved prey. Didn't realize this was also sort of metroidvania based. Good.
This game is basically like a mix of Alan wake, Batman Arkham asylum, and prey
WHEWEEEEE. Probably be my GOTY if it lives up to that hype. Holy Christ.
This happened to me earlier but I exited and checked the game page and went back to library and it had the install option randomly
I'm about 5 hours in, and while it is definitely a Metroidvania, I must say it doesn't feel as interconnected or as well designed as Prey (but I don't think any other 3D Metroidvania is)
Not as much room for improvisation on approaching scenarios too, but It's not really what is going for either. Maybe an even better comparison to the design is that is something between Prey and Arkham Asylum.
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Right, I took your statement as the atmosphere and storytelling.
I'm with you. Absolutely tanked during the first boss making it more difficult than it needed to be.
Don't set your expectations too high but I would just say I was reminded of those games
Weird, I tried that a couple times and it didn't work, but I guess I'll keep trying.
Can they patch the map, FFS?
Amazing damn game, but who got away with this abysmal, dev-forsaken map?
Amazing damn game, but who got away with this abysmal, dev-forsaken map?
the fact sometimes the waypoints are visible but not the outline of the map? yeah, that sucks
The gunplay gets better once you start having to use it in concert with the powers and the enemies start forcing you to move around a bit.
For me it got a lot more satisfying once I realized you're pretty free to run and gun and don't actually have to use the over-the-shoulder aiming very often.
I'm sorry, did you say.....PREY!!!? It's one of the best games this gen. Guess if Xbox One X performance comes out good in Dark1x comparison, I'll be buying.
no clue. preordering the ps4 edition gives you two other costumes right off the bat.
This is the one major complaint I have so far. Would make taking cover so much cleaner if it remembered your crouch after.
I think I read earlier that it's at Control points. (whatever those are, I just started)
The main quest won't actually take you there!
The whole mold storyline with the scientist down there is a sidequest separate from the main plot. The ranged mold monsters do a lot of damage pretty much no matter what, in my experience.
I'm actually not sure if you can complete that entire storyline without first getting all the powers? You can certainly do some of it now and then come back later..
I'm actually not sure if you can complete that entire storyline without first getting all the powers? You can certainly do some of it now and then come back later..
Also, re: costumes, you can only change them I believe at the "main" control point in Central Executive or whatever it's called. You'll find a couple on sidequests but it took a good chunk of the game before I ever got any.
yeah you can change outfits at control points, i think he's just talking about how he's played for a few hours but hasn't unlocked any.
Thanks for the reply. Damn. Can't believe I'm gonna pass on this game but I only have a base PS4. Astral Chain it is.
Ah. Ok.
Yeah how many are in the game and how varied are they? I do have the two deluxe edition ones. From what I can tell in the thumbnails they just look like palette swaps more than costume changes?
There are documents in the game that confirm Control and Alan Wake are in the same universe, with the Bureau having a special interest in Alan
Yeah, I rarely ever use L2 to aim in this. :) Not yet, anyway!
Anyone want a PC code for ps4 code? I got it with my 2070 but would rather be lazy in bed and play lol